Humen Tan (20th century) original pen, watercolor and gouache drawing of a visionary custom electronic entertainment wall.

This drawing appeared in the October 1964 issue of Playboy magazine on pp. 124-125, with the caption, "[The] Main entertainment wall unit is a handsome amalgam of beauty and function. Vertically filling both ends of unit are twin speaker sections, each containing a 15° woofer at its bottom, a midrange speaker across its middle and a tweeter at the top. All speakers are acoustically lined and independently suspended with foam rubber, and covered with snap-on grille cloth. Between them, across the top of unit are storage compartments housing slide-projector drums and equipment; they are bisected by a center-channel speaker system. Running across the center unit's midsection, from left to right: Closed-circuit TV with push-button controls to focus in on all parts of the pad; twin oscilloscopes; a 7"-10* tape recorder, world clock, barometer, and 24-hour timing device for preselection of electronic functions including audio-video taping while the master is away. Beneath the three large dials are an AM-FM multiplex tuner and a short-wave, ship-to-shore radio; a video-tape unit; a tape-reel file with push-button selector below. The bins beneath the center section contain, from left to right: LP storage with automatic push-button selector panel above it; automatic record changer, master control panel under which are amplifiers, preamp units and automatic relays; manual turntable; special humidity-and-temperature-controlled storage space for collector's-item records. Remote-controlled motion-picture/television-projection screen is set in ceiling in front of unit, runs for almost its full length. All wood surfaces of the entertainment wall are oiled walnut."

Sight: 16.75 x 24 inches; Framed: 26 x 33.5 inches

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